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Prerequisite: Current RN/RPN registration
This course explores wound healing, post-operative care and pain management. The focus is then on the nursing care required and the various procedures related to gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, gynecologic, hernias and breast surgeries. The adult patient (ages 19-65) is the targeted population. The overall goal of the course is to present the information and skills required to prepare the nurse to practice within a surgical setting at a beginner’s level. The Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC) Standards are referred to whenever applicable to support learning.
Students must achieve an overall final grade of 75% or higher in order to pass this course.
This course can be taken at the same time as Perioperative Nursing I (NURS 1581).
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This course is delivered Online Asynchronously. For more information on the delivery methods, click here.
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